Tag: Florida
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Lake Nona houses Impact Forum and Young Health Leader Summit
This year Lake Nona Medical City will also house a three-day conference that’s likely to be the first of its kind. The Young Health Leader Summit.
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Disneyland Halts Some Annual Passes to Aid in Crowd Control
Walt Disney Co.’s two California theme parks will stop selling some annual passes at discounted rates to Southern California residents, ending a popular program before a major new attraction, “Star Wars” land, opens in 2019.(Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg) The Southern California resident pass, which included access on 200 select days a year, had sold for…
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Lake Nona Medical City may be growing
Lake Nona’s Medical City currently houses the Orlando VA Medical Center, which opened last year and the Nemours Children’s Hospital, which opened five years ago, but the community seems to be ever growing.
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Publix suspends shipments from Florida dairy farm after video shows employees beating cows
Lakeland-based grocer Publix has suspended its relationship with a Florida dairy farm after an undercover video surfaced showing employees literally kicking cows in the face. The very graphic video, which was released yesterday by Miami-Beach based animal cruelty investigative organization Animal Recovery Mission (ARM), was shot at Larson Dairy in Okeechobee, Florida, by a member who…
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Sanford elementary school wins grant for teacher bonuses, more staff, new programs
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Seminole County elementary school was one of 11 in Florida to win a state grant this month that it will use to pay teacher bonuses, hire extra instructors and boost offerings at its D-rated campus. The “schools of hope” grant won by Idyllwilde Elementary School in Sanford was offered for the first time…
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When hurricanes hit: The biggest threat is right now
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t this time of year, when a hurricanes forms, it’s more likely to hit us. That’s because October storms are more likely to form in the western Caribbean Sea, where they tend to travel north over or near western Cuba and then across southern Florida. That’s what Hurricane Wilma did in 2005 — exactly 12…
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UCF President John Hitt will retire in 2018
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]CF, University of Central Florida, President John Hitt announced Tuesday morning he’ll retire in 2018. Hitt, 76, has been at the helm of the school for nearly 26 years. His retirement is effective June 30. Here’s the statement he sent out to campus community Tuesday: I’ve long believed that timing is important in life. Almost 26…